The information and tools you need to achieve a greener, more efficient and more successful business are at your fingertips online. Here are my favorite online resources for greening your business:
Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC): NRDC is ‘the Earth’s best defense’ and one of the nation’s most effective environmental action groups. In action since 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys , NRDC today has over 1.2 million members and is a resource of scientists, lawyers and activists who’s collective goal is to protect wild places. For businesses looking to go green and lessen their impact on precious …read more

In A window on 2008 at the Baltimore Sun experts predict “the direction of real estate in the coming year, they see greener houses, high-tech comfort and a still-flat market.”
Kind of a mixed bag but it makes sense. Even in a flat market (I would even go so far as to say a down market) greener houses are going to gain an edge.
Why? Energy-efficiency is likely at the top of the priority list. The cost of energy and fuel is less of a sting in small bites, like at the pump. It’s not like we don’t notice that gas …read more

Bank of America, which just ranked at the top of a recent survey on green banking initiatives, is going for US Green Building Council Platinum certification with a recently opened banking center in Adelanto, CA.
The building features solar-PV systems, recycled content insulation, water conserving landscaping and fixtures and sustainable finishes like compressed wheat countertops.
The structure is part of Bank of America’s $20 billion environmental commitment which tagged $1.4 billion worth of funds for green building initiatives aligned with the USGBC LEED program. Platinum is the highest certification possible for a green building under the LEED program.
The project was designed by …read more

I’ve mentioned the great Carbon Reduction webinar series from the US Green Building Council before here and there’s more coming up. On December 5th the series continues with the Building Projects Learning Track.
This webinar is presented in partnership with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, World Resources Institute and CTG Energetics, Inc.
The Building Projects Learning Track is a three session series for building professionals to learn design, construction, and operations plans to reduce the carbon emissions on any building project.
You can register here. Cost for complete three-session Building Projects Learning Track for $200, or $80 per session. You …read more

The US Green Building Council (USGBC) is running a Carbon Reduction Webinar Series for building industry professionals, business and organizational leaders, and others interested in reducing the carbon footprint of their buildings or organizations.
In partnership with climate change experts from Pew Center on Global Climate Change, World Resources Institute, and CTG Energetics, Inc., and media partner Stamats Commercial Buildings Group, the USGBC presents Foundations II: Carbon Inventory Process on October 24th.
This 90-minute webinar is the second of two foundation sessions that form the basis for the two tracks of the USGBC Carbon Reduction webinar series: Building Projects and Organizations.
Participants will …read more